Species: Neoepinnula americana, American sackfish
skin smooth, small scales, no tubercles
D XVI
Neoepinnula americana (Grey, 1953)
American sackfish
Body moderately deep (21-24% SL), compressed; head ~1/3 of SL; narrow between eyes; no spines on lower corner of preopercle; operculum with 2 flat spines; lower jaw projecting, both jaws without skin knobs at front; top jaws with 3 pairs of fangs at front, lower jaw with 1 pair; dorsal fin XVI + I, 17-20; anal fin I+I (free spines) + I, 17-20; dorsal & anal fins without rear finlets; pectoral fins 15-16; pelvics smaller than pectorals, inserted under middle of pectorals I,5; tail forked; tail base without keels; lateral lines double, both originates at top corner of operculum, top line along upper body profile. bottom line runs down behind edge of operculum and pectoral base and continues along bottom body profiles; skin smooth, with small scales, no tubercles, no keel along belly.
Silvery-brown above, silvery below; inside mouth and gill cover pale; fins translucent brown.
Reaches 26 cm.
Lives on and near the bottom.
Depth: 166-1027 m.
West Atlantic; Bermuda to northern Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Mud
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Pelagic crustacea
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 26
- Depth Range Min
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- 166
- Depth Range Max
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- 1027
